The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait - Softcover

Morton, Frederic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626815453 ISBN 13: 9781626815452

Publisher: Diversion Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

A National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling Frederic Morton

No family in the past two centuries has been as constantly at the center of Europe's great events, has featured such varied and spectacular personalities, has had anything close to the wealth of the Rothschilds. To this day they remain one of the most powerful and wealthy families in the world.

In Frederic Morton's classic tale, the family is finely painted on the page and brought vividly to life. Here you'll meet Mayer, long-time adviser to Germany's princes, who broke through the barriers of a Frankfurt ghetto and placed his family on the road to wealth and power; Lord Alfred, who maintained a private train, private orchestra (which he conducted), and private circus (of which he was ringmaster); Baron Philippe, whose rarefied vintages bear labels that were created by great artists, among them Picasso, Dali, and Haring; and Kathleen Nica Rothschild de Koenigswarter, the "jazz baroness," in whose arms Charlie Parker died.

The family itself has been at the center of some of the most crucial moments in history: the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the development of the Suez Canal, the introduction of Jews in the House of Lords. Through it all, the Rothschild name has continued to represent the family ideal, and no author has so nimbly captured the eccentric brilliance of blood as Frederic Morton.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Vienna, FREDERIC MORTON now lives in New York City. He is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, including Thunder at Twilight and A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889, also a National Book Award nominee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Diversion Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1626815453
• ISBN 13: 9781626815452
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284